HYDE PARK, N.Y. -- Voters on Tuesday approved an $84.86 million school district budget for 2013-14 and favored a proposition to buy 10 vehicles.

The budget vote was 1,551-817.

The plan increases spending by $1,337,906, or 1.6 percent, over the current budget of $83,518,100. It calls for $55,686,745 to be generated by property taxes, an increase of $1,480,398, or 2.73 percent, over the current tax levy of $54,206,347.

The proposition that voters approved, 1,526-836, allows the district to spend $665,429 to buy 10 vehicles: three 66-passenger buses; three 16-passenger vans; two seven-passenger vans; a 29-passenger van; and a 12-passenger/two-wheelchair van.

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In the race for Board of Education seats, incumbent Daniel Duffy, newcomer Gary McGrath and former Trustee Kevin Sheehan won three-year seats. Sheehan received 1,598 votes, while McGrath received 1,296 and Duffy received 1,270.

Trailing was Toby Rassin with 1,077 votes. There also was one write-in vote for Tom Martino.